Is it just a Hollywood thing? What are the rules?

If you look up movies starring Ellen Page they changed her name to Elliott in listings....."Juno starring Eliot Page about a teen girl who chooses adoption over aborting her baby."
Did they change all the Olympic medals Bruce Jenner won to Caitlyn Jenner?
When someone transitions is the person before the transition non existent?

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Thevy29 · 41-45, M

Hollywood is in America. They call it the United States, but each of the 50 states deals with the law in their own way... Elliot could have gotten a court order to change his previous names. 🤷‍♂️

FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F

@Thevy29 you can legally change your name in all 50 states, it's true, as well as your gender, you can also say Elliot Page starred in a Movie called Juno about a teen girl getting pregnant.
But he didn't, that was Ellen.
Just like Caitlyn Jenner never won a gold medal in the Olympics, it was Bruce.